It has the status of an industrial revolution,
the way that the steam engine had in the first industrial revolution was electricity in the second,
computers in the third and robotics AI in the fourth.
We're all reading the coverage, aren't we,
which says that this could be the end of the world or the end of humanity or perhaps take all our jobs.
That was Sir Christopher Pissiridis, LSE Professor of Economics and Nobel Prize winner,
and Charlie Beckett, LSE Media Professor and Director of Polis, LSE's Journalism Think Tank.
We'll hear more from Charlie later.
Chris's work focuses on the economics of unemployment and over the last several years he has turned his attention to employment in the age of artificial intelligence.
If you've used generative AI tools such as JetGPT, Google BARD or Made Journey, which create text,
images or other media in response to prompts by the user,
questions about your own future or prospects may have crossed your mind.
Welcome to LSE IQ, the podcast where we ask social scientists and other experts to answer one intelligent question.
I'm Mayana Rutt from the IQ team where we work with academics to bring you their latest research and ideas.
In this episode I ask, is AI coming for our jobs?
I'll hear about how AI is being implemented in courts and the first robot judges in China.
I'll talk to experts about how journalism in other professional fields will be affected by the AI revolution and the role of governments and businesses in mitigating the risks.
Historically,
other technological advancements have led to the creation of new jobs such as the booming manufacturing that resulted from electrification.
Will this be the case with artificial intelligence?